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Baleenoptera La4cÉrEpE, 1804. Cete, Baleenidee. 
Hist. Nat. Cétacées, Tableau Ordres, Genres et d'Espéces, pp. xxxvi-xxxvii, 
114-141, pls. rv figs. 1, 2, v fig. 1, vi-virr, 1804; Frowrn, Proc: Zool. Soc. 
London, 1864, 395 (type given as B. rostrata); W. L. ScrATER, Mamm. 8. Africa, 
II, 183-184, 1901 (type given as B. physalus). 
Balenopterus F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., LIX, 518, 1829. 
Species 4, grouped into two sections: the first containing JB. gibbar; the other 
B. jubartes, B. rorqual, and B. acuto-rostrata. ; 
Balznoptera: Balena; zrtpóv, wing, fin—'Fin whale,’ in allusion to the strong 
dorsal fin. 
Balaenotus Van BENEDEN, 1872. Cete, Balznidze. 
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, 2* sér., XXXIV, 13-15, 1872. 
Type: Dalaenotus insignis Van Beneden, from the vicinity of Stuyvenberg, near 
Antwerp, Belgium. 
Extinct. ‘Outre les sept cervicales, il y a treize dorsales, huit lombaires et treize 
caudales qui sont conservées. Plusieurs cótes et le corps de l'os hyoide sont 
également conservés." (VAN BENEDEN. ) 
Balenotus: Balena; obs, orós, ear. 
Balaenula Van BENEDEN, 1872. Cete, Baleenidee. 
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, 2° sér., XXXIV, 11-12, 1872. 
Type: Balaenula balaenopsis Van Beneden, from the gray crag in the vicinity of 
Stuyvenberg, near Antwerp, Belgium. 
Extinct. ‘‘ Le musée de Bruxelles posséde de cette Balenula, outre la téte à peu 
prés compléte, onze vertébres dorsales, douze lombaires, douze caudales, des 
cótes, et l'on a trouvé des ossements de plusieurs individus." 
Balenula: Dim. of Balena. 
Balantia IrrrargR, 1811. Marsupialia, Phalangeridze. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 77-78, 1811; THomas, Cat. Marsup. and Mono- 
trem. Brit. Mus., 193, 1888 (in synonymy, type fixed). 
Species: Didelphis orientalis Pallas (type), from Amboina, Molucca Islands; and 
D. lemurina Shaw, from Australia. Name antedated by Phalanger Storr, 1780. 
Balantia: cA &vriov, pouch. 
Balantiopteryx Prrmrs, 1867. Chiroptera, Noctilionidee. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, July, 1867, 476-477. 
Type: Balantiopteryx plicata Peters, from Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. 
Balantiopteryx: fBaA&rrior, pouch; zrépv&, wing—from the wing sac of the 
male, which opens inward at the center of the antebrachial membrane. 
Balenopterus (see Baleenoptera). Cete, Baleenide. 
Balionycteris MarscurE, 1899. Chiroptera, Pteropodidee. 
Fledermüuse Berliner Mus. Naturkunde, Lief. I, Megachiroptera, 80, 1899. 
Type: Cynopterus maculatus Thomas, from Sarawak, Borneo. 
Balionycteris: Badiés, spotted; vuKrepis, bat. 
Balcena (see Baleena). Cete, Balzenide. 
Bandicota Gray, 1873. Glires, Muridee, Murine. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XII, 418, Nov., 1873. . 
Type: Dandicota gigantea (— Mus giganteus Hardwicke) from southeastern India, 
Coromandel coast, Mysore, and Bengal. (Gray’s specimens came from Aru 
Island and Buntimunang, Celebes. ) 
Bandicota: Bandicoot, **said to be a corruption of the Telegu name pandi-kokku, 
lit, pig rat." (Century Dict.) Its native name is said to be due to its habit 
of grunting like a pig when attacked or when running about at night. 
Barangia Gray, 1865. Fere, Mustelidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865, 123, 1 fig. in text; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & 
Edentate Mamm. Brit, Mus., 100-102, fig. 12, 1869, 
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